Distribute EEO Data to Work Groups?

Carolil

I am engaging my company in a discussion about our Affirmative Action Plan data, and I can see people already wanting to get analysis of the race/ethnic breakdown in their own work groups in order to figure out utilization goals more immediately relevant to their work. The good news is they care enough to want to look more closely; the bad news is that I don't believe this is permissable (from HR) or advisable (for the groups), because the data is confidential, and because the smaller your group breakdown, the less you can shield yourself from accusations that knowledge of this data could have influenced an employment decision.

Does anyone have experience here that would be helpful?

davids

At a previous employer, our practice was to release only raw data without identifying people; and not releasing data for work groups of less than five employees. For those small work groups, we would combine the data with either a larger work group or several small work groups. That made it more difficult (although not impossible) to attribute characteristics to a particular employee.

sonny

Ditto David. . it is all public record here anyway. .